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...Jefferson's presidency starts a vast expansionist drive across the continent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORY'S MIXED FABRIC | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

...Thomas Jefferson's rotunda at the University of Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORY'S MIXED FABRIC | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

...among others), has always seemed goofy to me. Let's suppose for a minute that all of the historical evidence demonstrating the framers' intent to assert the essential civic right of the individual to protect his family and property did not exist (John Adams, class of 1755, and Thomas Jefferson, for example, were explicit about their beliefs; Adams insisted that Congress not "prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms"). Even if Second Amendment revisionists were right in arguing that the militia was the sole justification for the right to bear arms...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: Moses and the NRA | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

...really just wanted to write something honest," Jefferson said. "I was writing for myself, to convince myself that I could make it outside of Harvard...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Speakers Chosen For 1997 Orations | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

...course one cannot help being overwhelmed by the crowd," he said. "But I really love public speaking, and I'm happiest when in front of a large audience."CrimsonDanielle J. KingSpeakers, from left: JAMILA E. JEFFERSON '94, BRIAN P. DUNKLE '97 and TAZIONA G. CHAPONDA...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Speakers Chosen For 1997 Orations | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

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